Using Rich Text Editor

Table of contents:

• Summary
• Live Demo
• Toolbar Commands
  
  • Text Controls
  • Code Controls
  • Insert Controls and Help
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Links
• Images
• Attachments

Summary

Use rich editor to enhance your content display with the addition of rich text formatting, hyperlinks, images, and attachments. For your MATLAB code, you can include MATLAB syntax highlighting and LaTeX equations.

Toolbar Commands

Option	Description
Text toggle	Enables text mode (switches to text mode if you are in code mode). Note: Text mode is active by default.
Normal text	Enables normal text.
Heading	Enables heading style.
Bold	Displays text in bold.
Italic	Displays text in italic.
Underline	Underlines text.
Monospace	Displays text in monospace font.
Bulleted list	Adds bulleted list.
Numbered list	Adds numbered list.

Option	Description
Code toggle	Enables code mode (switches to code mode if you are in text mode).
Comment	Comments current line.
Uncomment	Uncomments current line (if commented).
Indent	Adds tab space to the start of the current line.
Unindent	Removes tab space from start of current line.

Option	Description
Image	Add an image. Learn more
Hyperlink	Convert selected text to hyperlink.
Equation	Add LaTeX equation. Learn more
Attachments	Add attachments. Learn more
Help	Get help for Rich Text Editor (this page).

Keyboard Shortcuts:

Links

1. Click on the editor toolbar
2. Enter link text and target URL in the popup dialog box.
3. Click OK to add link.

Images

1. Click on the editor toolbar.
2. Select whether you are uploading from your computer or the Web. Image files must be 15 MB or smaller.
   1. If uploading from your computer, click Choose File to browse and select a file.
   2. If uploading from the Web, enter the URL.
3. When inserting an image, you can specify the following parameters:
• Alt text – Specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed.
• Size – Scales the image to specified percentage.
• Alignment – Aligns the image with the text according to the value selected.
4. Click OK to insert the image.

Attachments

From the Toolbar

1. Click on the editor toolbar.
2. Click Open to attach the file.

Drag and Drop

1. Select one or more files and drag them to the editor.
2. When the editor turns gray, release the file(s).

All attachments must meet the following requirements:

• Files must be 5 MB or smaller.
• Attachments must be one of the following formats: bmp, csv, fig, gif, jpg, jpeg, m, mat, mdl, mlx, slx, pdf, png, txt, xls, xlsx, zip.
• You can upload a maximum of 10 attachments in a 24-hour period. If you need to upload an additional file during this period, delete an existing attachment and upload the new file.